RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

124 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 886. Irish Poetry & Plays: Kavanagh (Patrick) Come Dance with Kitty Stobling and Other Poems, 8vo Lond. 1960. First Edn., orig. brown cloth; O’Connor (Frank) The Midnight Court, 8vo Lond / Dublin (Maurice Fridberg) 1945, First Edn., pict. d.w.; Colum (Padraic) Wild Earth and Other Poems, Dublin 1916. First Edn., others by J. Stephens, Sean O’Casey, J.Mary Plunkett, etc. As a lot. (11) €120 - €170 887. Davies (Sir J.) A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland Was never entirely Subdued, nor brought under Obedience of the Crowne of England, 12mo Lond. 1747. Pages 283pp plus 5pp adverts orig. full calf, lacks label; Curry (J.) An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland, 8vo Dublin 1810. New & Improved Edition, cont. full calf, worn, mor. label. Emf. (2) €200 - €300 888. [Harris (Walter)] Hibernia: Or, some Ancient Pieces relating to Ireland, 2 parts in one Volume, 8vo Dublin 1770. Cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good copy. Emf. (1) €170 - €230 889. First Book Printed in Trinity College Printing House Plato - Septem Selecti Dialogi, Juxta Editionem Serrani. Dublin (E Typographia Academiae) 1738. Title in red and black with vignette woodcut decoration, wd.- cut heads & tails, cont. mottled calf, T.C.D. gilt tooled medallions on both covers, raised bands, red mor. label, gilt faded on spine, joints beginning to crack, but strong, not issued with prize label. A good copy. (1) €350 - €500 890. [Whiskey Interest] Murray (Jim) A Taste of Irish Whiskey, 8vo, L. 1997, illus. cloth & d.j.; together with The Dead Rabbit Series From Barley to Blarney, and Facing Forward, Fighting Back, D. 2009, both illus., gilt decor. leather, As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €100 - €150 891. Beaslai (Piaras) Michael and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols., D. (Phoenix Pub.) 1926. (reprint), cold. frontis, illus. throughout, green cloth, with gilt medallion portrait, together with [Sullivan (T.D.)] Poems, D. (T.D. Sullivan) n.d. frontis, green cloth, as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €120 - €180 892. Cusack (M.F.) ‘The Nun of Kenmare’ A History of the Kingdom of Kerry, 8vo Lond. 1871. First Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis. text illus., orig. gilt decor. purple cloth. Good. (1) €150 - €200 893. [Daniel O’Connell] Godre (L. Nemours) Daniel O’Connell Sa Vie - Son Oeuvre, Roy 8vo Paris 1893. Signed Presentation Copy ‘A Monsieur Albert Byrne, son ami L. Nemours Godre,’ port fronts & 1 other port. & plts., uncut, orig. wrappers, later marble boards. Scarce; Zimmermann (A.) Daniel O’Connell der Befreirr, und seine politishce Bedeutung fur Irland und England. 8vo Paderborn 1909 Hf. title, port. frontis orig. ptd. wrappers bound in later hf. cloth, good. Rare; de Coutance (M.G.) L’Irlande et Les Irlandais, Memoire de Daniel O’Connell, M.P., 8vo Lyon 1843. First Edn. in French, hf. title, cloth backed, good.; & 6 others, some scarce, on O’Connell. As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 889 886 890 887 892 888